Ella Langley's 'Choosin' Texas' Logs a Record-Extending 27th Week Atop the Hot 100
Ella Langley's 'Choosin' Texas' holds at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a 27th week, Billboard reported on November 9, holding off Michael Jackson's 'Thriller.'
The song continues to extend its own record: no song in the Hot 100's history, dating to 1958, has spent more weeks at No. 1. On the previous chart, dated November 7, it logged its 26th week on top with 19.2 million official streams, 57.8 million radio airplay audience impressions and 3,000 units sold in the tracking week, and it set another chart record by topping the Hot 100 in nine different calendar months. This week, Jackson's Halloween staple 'Thriller' pressed the top spot but could not dislodge it.
Released on October 17, 2025, as the lead single from Langley's second studio album Dandelion, 'Choosin' Texas' first reached No. 1 in February 2026 and went on to pass Mariah Carey's 'All I Want for Christmas Is You' and other long-running champions to become the Hot 100's longest-running No. 1. It has also led Hot Country Songs for 47 weeks as of the Nov. 7 chart and has returned to No. 1 on Digital Song Sales.
Langley, from Alabama, broke through with songs including her Riley Green collaboration 'you look like you love me'; Dandelion debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
(Source: Billboard)
Source: Billboard
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Photo: 图：Ella Langley 2026年演出照。Rick Munroe 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons；原图为竖幅，本图以同图虚化衬底呈现、人物完整。 / Photo: Ella Langley performing in 2026. Photo by Rick Munroe, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; the portrait is presented in full over a blurred fill of the same image.
